Chapter 9

Amidala's POV.

I tried to get up but I couldn't. I couldn't believe Zane was the one by my side. He had my hands in his palm and I wondered what must have happened to me.

"You are finally awake," he said to me, sounding happy. I squinted my eyes trying to knock if that was truly happiness I heard.

"Why are you here?" I questioned him. My eyes widened in shock as he kissed me on the forehead.

"Wait, what just happened?" I wondered while staring at him not believing my eyes.

He looked closely at me to make sure I was okay before sighing in relief. "You got me worried," he said to me and I gulped.

" I need you to go out Zane, whatever play you are on won't work for me so get out," " Now," I added as he didn't move a step.

" Are you ordering me out of my room? My room?" He asked me.

I turned around and was shocked to see I was in his room. My gaze ran to my clothes and I shrieked.

"What happened to my clothes?" I questioned him angrily.

"I changed them," he answered grinning.

"You what? How could you? Why did you?" I asked all at once.

I couldn't imagine what was running through his mind while he was changing it. I glared at him waiting for an explanation or a beating as he normally does but nothing like that came.

"You laid on the floor cold with blood dripping through your head, I was scared, scared that I won't see you again, scared that I had lost my mate for good" he answered me looking dejected.

I nodded at what he had just said. He must have been scared when he saw the state I was in.

I sighed. "I don't believe this is happening," I muttered audibly to myself, staring straight at him.

"I need space," I said to Zane.

Zane stared at me wanting to say something but closed his mouth shut. I watched him walk toward the door turning the doorknob before walking out.

I inhaled deeply as I watched him walk away. I needed some time to process all that he had just said to me. I wouldn't fall for his cheap trick again. Never.

The inhumane treatment he meted on me played in my head and I shook my head riding myself off them.

I tried to stand up but felt my leg give way so I sat down on the bed trying to gain my strength. I needed to plan my escape from this shit hole and to do so I needed to eat to gain strength.

I walked toward the doorknob, turned it clockwise, and walked out.

I walked down the stairs heading toward the kitchen. I opened the refrigerator searching for something to eat.

The only thing which was edible there was strawberry ice cream which was in a big bowl and a bucket of KFC chicken.

I picked it up and sat on the kitchen counter. I had just eaten a crunchy piece of chicken when I heard Zane hurried footsteps.

"Amidala," I heard Zane screaming my name. I could detect fear in his voice.

I am sure he had gone up to the room searching for me but didn't.

"Amidala," I heard him panting heavily as he called out my name. "Amidala," he called for the third time almost in tears and I wondered if this was truly the Zane who had been maltreating me for some time now.

I flinched when I heard him throwing a vase in annoyance on the floor.

"Zane, I am in here," I finally answered and he rushed in panting heavily.

He gripped my arm causing the bowl of the chicken which was in between my legs to fall on the tile.

"Why didn't you answer me when I called at first? Do you love making me worry?" He questioned. His long fingernails dipped into my arms and my eyes got teary.

"You are hurting me," I cried out to him as his nails dug into my soft skin. I was sure there was an injury already.

He bent down rubbing on the spot he had just gripped tightly. I flinched as he blew gently on it.

"I am sorry I hurt you, Amidala, I am, it was never my intention to," he apologized profusely.

It was still hard to believe that this was the Zane I had known. The one who had maltreated me repeatedly. The one who had sexually abused and called me a servant.

He gazed at my chicken on the tile and I sniffed.

"I thought you had escaped Amidala, I never knew you came here to eat. I wouldn't have screamed for you if I knew you were around," he apologized.

" I don't have anywhere else to go besides I don't even remember anything so where do you want me to go?" I questioned him and he nodded his head agreeing with me.

" That's true,"

My stomach rumbled and I smiled awkwardly. He stared at my tummy and smiled.

"I will be back soon. Let me get you something to eat quickly," he said to me

" I will be waiting, be snappy please," I said to him with a smile on my face.

I watched him pick up his car key and headed toward the garage. He got into his car and drove away.

I jumped down from the kitchen counter I was sitting on and walked out of the door he had just walked through.

It amused me how quickly he trusted me to wait for him. I walked toward the gate and ran out of it heading toward the opposite direction I am sure he had driven to.

I didn't want him to come back and see me here. I didn't trust this new version of him.

I ran into the woods finally happy I was out of that shit hole.